檳榔西施

See also: 槟榔西施

Chinese

		betel palm; betel nut; areca nut	Xi Shi; beautiful woman
trad. (檳榔西施)		檳榔	西施
simp. (槟榔西施)		槟榔	西施

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bīngláng xīshī, bīnláng xīshī

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄥㄌㄤˊ ㄒㄧㄕ, ㄅㄧㄣㄌㄤˊ ㄒㄧㄕ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ban¹ long⁴ sai¹ si¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bīngláng xīshī
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄥㄌㄤˊ ㄒㄧㄕ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bingláng sishih
  - Wade–Giles: ping¹-lang² hsi¹-shih¹
  - Yale: bīng-láng syī-shr̄
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: binglang shishy
  - Palladius: бинлан сиши (binlan siši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /piŋ⁵⁵ lɑŋ³⁵ ɕi⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bīnláng xīshī
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄣㄌㄤˊ ㄒㄧㄕ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: binláng sishih
  - Wade–Giles: pin¹-lang² hsi¹-shih¹
  - Yale: bīn-láng syī-shr̄
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: binlang shishy
  - Palladius: биньлан сиши (binʹlan siši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pin⁵⁵ lɑŋ³⁵ ɕi⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ban¹ long⁴ sai¹ si¹
  - Yale: bān lòhng sāi sī
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ban¹ long⁴ sai¹ si¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ben¹ long⁴ sei¹ xi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐn⁵⁵ lɔːŋ²¹ sɐi̯⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵/

Noun

檳榔西施

“betel nut beauty” (previously common phenomenon of employing young, scantily clad women to sell betel nuts and cigarettes along the roadsides in Taiwan)

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